ALBANY, N.Y. A Kingston man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of conspiring with another city man to unlawfully obtain firearms from a licensed dealer by making false statements, also known as “straw purchasing” firearms, federal prosecutors said. Oryin McLeod, 23, admitted that he entered into an agreement with Rylan Peterson, 22, a native […]
ALBANY, N.Y. A Watervliet man was recently sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm as a felon, possessing and intending to distribute marijuana, and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The announcement of sentence for Ronnie Robinson, 29, […]
ALBANY, N.Y. A 36-year-old Cohoes man was recently sentenced to 135 months in prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release, for trafficking methamphetamine in the Capital Region and obstructing of justice United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Alfred A. Watson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of […]
ALBANY, N.Y. Jazell Shuler, 35, of Troy, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute marijuana and launder money. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge, […]